President Ruto makes new State appointments

President William Ruto has made more appointments to boards of parastatals and state agencies, as he continues to structure his administration, six months into office.

In a gazette notice dated February 24, the President has appointed former Ainamoi Member of Parliament Sylvanus Maritim to chair the board of Information Communication and Technology Authority.

Maritim was among the 240 people shortlisted for appointment as Chief Administrative Secretaries. Fredrick Owino’s appointment as chairman of the ICT authority board has been revoked to pave way for Maritim.

Ugas Sheikh Mohamed is the new chairman of the Capital Markets Authority board.

Mohamed, who unsuccessfully contested for the Wajir County gubernatorial seat in the August 9th General Election on an ANC ticket will take over from businessman Nick Nesbitt whose appointment was revoked by the president.

He is also listed among those eyeing the CAS positions.

The board of State Corporations Advisory Committee has a new secretary. President Ruto appointed Simon Indimuli Muyumba to the position and handed him a three year contract.

Muyumba replaces Wanjiku Wakogi whose appointment was revoked.

Veteran kikuyu radio shows presenter John Njogu wa Njoroge has also landed a state appointment. Youth affairs, sports and the arts Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba appointed him for a 3-year term, to chair the board of Kenya Film Classification.

Njogu bowed out of the Njoro parliamentary race at the UDA nominations stage.

The Kenya Classification Board appointed by includes popular kikuyu gospel musician John Muigai Nyururu also known as Muigai wa Njoroge.

Other members are Kipruto Kiptoo, John Osimbo, Grace Munjuri, Hariety Zita, Stephanie Maseki and Raphael Loperito.

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has two new board members. Isaac Kaberia and Dr. Milka Kimonda were appointed for a three-year term by Labour CS Cabinet Secretary Florence Bore.

They take over from Prof. Marion Mutugi and Peter Mweleli whose appointments were revoked.